1944 Minneapolis Millers Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 54-97
Finished 7th in the AA
Manager: Rosy Ryan (54-97)
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ballpark: Nicollet Park
Attendance: 82,759, Avg. 1,096

1944 Minneapolis Millers Roster

The Minneapolis Millers of the American Association ended the 1944 season with a record of 54 wins and 97 losses, finishing seventh in the AA.

The Millers scored 661 runs and surrendered 963 runs, most in the circuit.

Players from the 1944 Minneapolis Millers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Ab Wright, Harley Boss, Fred Vaughn, Babe Barna, Larry Bettencourt, Jack Aragón, Elon Hogsett, Joe Vosmik, Tom Padden, Preston Gómez, Vern Curtis, Loren Bain, Otey Clark and Bob Bowman.

Rosy Ryan served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Vern Curtis	15	17	.469	4.01	44	30	11	16	2		249.0	256	139	111		114		135	1	0	6
Loren Bain	11	17	.393	5.44	35	30	4	9	2		197.0	249	136	119		81		82	3	0	1
Hale Swanson	8	10	.444	5.07	20	16	4	6	0		110.0	143	81	62		28		37	3	0	3
Elon Hogsett	5	7	.417	6.83	31						87.0	118	71	66		33		38	8	0	1
Greg Lippold	4	10	.286	8.38	20	18	2	2	0		73.0	107	75	68		42		32	0	1	1
Roy Mosley	2	2	.500	6.08	16						40.0	59	30	27		19		4	2	0	0
Wayne Johnson	1	0	1.000	6.50	10						18.0	25	23	13		15		4	0	0	2
Claude Horton	1	3	.250	6.75	13	5	2	1	0		32.0	48	35	24		18		14	3	0	2
Otey Clark					23						0.0
Norman McCormick					4						0.0
Bob Bowman					5						0.0
Mike Kash	0	0		0.00	2						4.0
Joe Vosmik	0	0		0.00	1						4.0
Joseph Hanzlik	0	0		0.00	2						5.0
Lefty Johnson	0	0		0.00	1						6.0
William Ebranyi	0	1	.000	6.35	7						17.0	22	19	12		9		6	0	0	0
Harold Wonson	0	6	.000	6.20	38	5	20	2	0		122.0	163	91	84		46		39	2	0	1
William Sahlin	0	14	.000	6.71	40	20	17	2	0		118.0	126	106	88		122		57	9	0	6
Totals	47	87	.351	5.61	312	124	60	38	4	0	1082.0	1316	806	674	0	527	0	448	31	1	23	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Jim Cookson	141	611	564	87	172	19	2	0	42	47		44	41	.305	.356	.346	.702	195	4	1	2
Fred Vaughn	125	494	445	73	143	24	9	17	62	16		39	70	.321	.380	.530	.910	236	11	3	7
Frank Danneker	142	587	497	91	133	24	7	14	51	32		85	45	.268	.376	.429	.804	213	12	1	4
Mike Blazo	142	548	495	64	132	21	4	2	63	10		51	34	.267	.336	.337	.674	167	18	1	1
William Ebranyi	134	468	390	37	100	12	0	4	39	2		75	43	.256	.376	.318	.694	124	7	0	3
Babe Barna	106	389	325	67	97	20	3	24	85	12		61	44	.298	.411	.600	1.011	195	2	1	2
Bobby Dill	112	369	320	39	88	22	7	3	46	9		44	59	.275	.368	.416	.783	133	4	3	2
Hugh Todd	96	318	280	42	81	13	6	4	43	5		37	21	.289	.372	.421	.794	118	2	0	1
Jack Aragón	127	427	372	35	74	16	2	7	43	7		52	76	.199	.297	.309	.606	115	11	0	3
Joe Vosmik	39	129	111	17	31	3	0	1	16	0		14	5	.279	.360	.333	.693	37	2	0	4
Ab Wright	32	119	101	15	27	4	0	4	15	2		16	14	.267	.373	.426	.799	43	2	1	1
William Schaedler	36	105	89	11	24	7	0	4	14	1		14	17	.270	.375	.483	.858	43	1	1	1
Harley Boss	27	91	87	3	21	0	0	0	9	1		3	6	.241	.275	.241	.516	21	2	1	0
Henry Nicklasson	11	47	42	6	17	3	0	0	1	2		5	2	.405	.468	.476	.944	20	1	0	0
Larry Bettencourt	29	77	69	10	17	4	0	0	7	4		7	7	.246	.316	.304	.620	21	0	0	1
Arnold Lehrman	24	86	78	13	15	3	0	1	9	2		6	10	.192	.259	.269	.528	21	3	1	1
Hale Swanson	21	42	40	5	12	1	0	0	0	0		1	10	.300	.317	.325	.642	13	2	0	1
Vern Curtis	46	95	82	6	12	0	0	0	1	1		6	24	.146	.205	.146	.351	12	0	0	7
Elon Hogsett	31	34	33	9	9	1	0	0	6	0		0	7	.273	.273	.303	.576	10	0	0	1
Samuel Rooney	9	25	25		6									.240	.240	.240	.480	6
Joseph Frantz	7	26	26		6									.231	.231	.231	.462	6
Harold Wonson	42	44	42	3	6	1	0	0	0	0		2	10	.143	.182	.167	.348	7	1	0	0
Loren Bain	35	79	72	2	6	0	0	0	3	0		3	21	.083	.120	.083	.203	6	2	0	4
William Sahlin	41	39	32	6	5	3	0	0	1	0		6	14	.156	.289	.250	.539	8	0	0	1
Roy Pinkston	5	8	8		2									.250	.250	.250	.500	2
Claude Horton	13	14	13	2	2	0	0	0	2	1		1	4	.154	.214	.154	.368	2	2	0	0
Roy Mosley	16	14	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.154	.154	.154	.308	2	0	0	1
Edwin Lichenstein	12	24	20	2	2	0	1	0	1	0		4	3	.100	.250	.200	.450	4	1	0	0
Greg Lippold	20	24	22	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	15	.091	.130	.091	.221	2	0	0	1
Mike Kash	2	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Wayne Johnson	10	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0
Clarence Dowling	7	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
John Dowling	4	8	8		1									.125	.125	.125	.250	1
Preston Gómez	5	14	14		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Joseph Hanzlik	2	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Lefty Johnson	1	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Richard Meyers	6	11	11		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1658	5380	4740	646	1248	201	41	85	560	154	0	577	609	.263	.345	.377	.722	1786	90	14	49	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
William Ebranyi	1B	116	964	71	5	84	.995	8.922
Harley Boss	1B	25	173	18	4	15	.979	7.640
William Schaedler	1B	21	192	12	8	16	.962	9.714
Fred Vaughn	2B	123	344	407	22	81	.972	6.106
Mike Blazo	3B	97	93	144	13	18	.948	2.443
Frank Danneker	3B	34	37	69	8	11	.930	3.118
Jack Aragón	C	117	435	71	20	7	.962	4.325	7
Mike Blazo	C	47	129	21	7	3	.955	3.191	2
Jim Cookson	OF	138	330	16	16	2	.956	2.507
Babe Barna	OF	98	145	12	8	0	.952	1.602
Bobby Dill	OF	91	174	10	8	3	.958	2.022
Hugh Todd	OF	74	114	8	3	0	.976	1.649
Joe Vosmik	OF	29	49	4	1	1	.981	1.828
Ab Wright	OF	28	41	3	2	1	.957	1.571
Larry Bettencourt	OF	16	21	0	0	0	1.000	1.312
Vern Curtis	P	44	13	72	0	4	1.000	1.932
William Sahlin	P	41	4	32	2	1	.947	.878
Harold Wonson	P	38	9	29	2	1	.950	1.000
Loren Bain	P	35	9	42	1	1	.981	1.457
Elon Hogsett	P	31	7	17	1	1	.960	.774
Otey Clark	P	23						.000
Hale Swanson	P	20	5	25	3	2	.909	1.500
Greg Lippold	P	20	5	7	0	0	1.000	.600
Roy Mosley	P	16	4	8	1	0	.923	.750
Claude Horton	P	13	3	4	3	1	.700	.538
Wayne Johnson	P	10	0	3	0	0	1.000	.300
William Ebranyi	P	7						.000
Bob Bowman	P	5						.000
Norman McCormick	P	4						.000
Mike Kash	P	2						.000
Joseph Hanzlik	P	2						.000
Joe Vosmik	P	1						.000
Lefty Johnson	P	1						.000
Frank Danneker	SS	108	210	308	47	54	.917	4.796
Arnold Lehrman	SS	24	45	67	6	10	.949	4.667
Henry Nicklasson	SS	11	12	22	2	4	.944	3.091
Totals		1510	3567	1502	193	321	.963	3.357	9	0	0

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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